Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] device property: Allow const parameter to dev_fwnode()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Oct 04 2022 - 05:42:03 EST


On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 12:34:56PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 12:21:25PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > It's not fully correct to take a const parameter pointer to a struct
> > and return a non-const pointer to a member of that struct.
> >
> > Instead, introduce a const version of the dev_fwnode() API which takes
> > and returns const pointers and use it where it's applicable.
> >
> > With this, convert dev_fwnode() to be a macro wrapper on top of const
> > and non-const APIs that chooses one based on the type.
>
> Hmm... it missed the device_get_match_data() implementation (reverse) change
> somehow. And it still compiles to me, probably I rebased wrongly and the hunk
> went to another patch. I'll investigate and resend as v4 the fixed version.

Ah, sorry, I mixed this with previous version of the patch here, so everything
is fine in v3!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko